On 10 February 2015, the Centre welcomed Emily Flaherty and Esther Breitenbach to discuss ‘What Women’s Lib – The Aberdeen Women’s Liberation Movement and the Workers Education Association’ (Emily) and ‘Feminism in Scotland: European Links and Lessons’ (Esther). Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lectures. The Women’s Liberation Movement has often been examined from a national… Continue reading →

On 18 March, the Centre welcomed Prof Lynn Abrams to discuss ‘How British is Scotland? A Gendered Perspective?’. This continued the ongoing ‘How British is Scotland?’ series and follows Prof Dauvit Broun’s lecture in February. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. Focusing on the inter-war period, Prof Abrams examined how several prominent… Continue reading →